Gas-generator.



L-. H. BERRY.

GAS GENERATOR.

APPLICATION nun um. 26, 1910.

Patented Aug. 29, 1911.

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GAS GENERATOR.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 26, 1910.

Patented Aug. 29, 1911.

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W1 TNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEVI H. BERRY, OF PITTSBUBG, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH IO CORNELIUSE. PIPER, OF PITTSBURG, KANSAS.

GAS-GENERATOR.

Specification Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 29, 1911-.

Application filed September 26,1910. Serial No. 583,799.

To all whom it may concern;

Pittsburg, in the county of Crawford and State of Kansas, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in GasGenera;

tors;-andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description 0 the invention, such as will enable others skilled inthe art towhich itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to certain newand useful improvements in gasgenerators for making gas from kerosene, etc, for engines of-theautomobile, stationary type, the object being to provlde a generatorwhich is so constructed that the oil will be readily converted'into gasby the heat from the exhaust of the engine. Another object of myinvention is to provide a mixer 1n connection with the generator,whereby the required amount of air will be mixed with the gas before itenters the cylinders of the en me.

A still further 0 jeet of'my invention is tolprovide supply and'storagetanks, which areso connected that the pressure within the respectivetanks will be equal.

Another object of my invention is to provide a regulator in connectionwith the feed tank, whereby the control of oil to the generator will beregulated by the pressure within the tank.

With these objects in view, the lnventlon consists in the novel'featuresof construction,"

combination and'arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described andpointed out in the claims.

In the drawing forming a part of this specification: Figure 1 is adiagrammatic view of my im roved invention. Fig. 2 is a detail verticasection through the mixer. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through thegenerator. Fig. 4 is a section taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 3, and Fig. 5is a vertical section through the feed regulator.

In carrying out my improved invention, I em loy a feed tank 1 and astorage tank 2, which. are connected together by a pipe 3, as clearlyshown. Extending from the feed tank 1 is a pipe 4 which is provided with'a gate valve casin 5,-in which is mounted a gatevalye 6 provided with astem 7 which extends into a cylinder 8, and is providedwith a piston '9which Works withinthe cylinder and marine and is controlled by thepressure within the feed tank, said cylinder being connected thereto bya pipe 10. A spring is arranged under the piston 9 around the stem 7 inorder to resist a certain amount of pressure.

' Connected to the supply pipe his a gen,- erating cylinder 12provided'with flues 13;

through which hot gases from the exhaust,

pipe 13 are adapted .to pass, said cylinder being provided with a head14 attach end to which the respective ends of" the bx' h-aust pipeareconneeted in such amanner that the oil fed into the cylinder willpercolate over the fines which have been heated" b the exhaust gases in'such a manner that t: e oil will be converted into gas, which will passout of a pipe 15 into the storagetank 2 which is of'such a size that thesame. will hold a sufiicient quantity of gas to start the enginein orderthat the heat from the en'- gine Wlll be able to continue-the generationoi gas for running the same. The exhaust pipe -13 is connected by branchpipes to respective cylinders of a gas engine (not shown), and is of theordinary, construction. Extending from the storage tank 2 is gasupplypipe 17 which extends to a mixer =18 wh1ch is provided with an airinlet' valvej19 J and an exhaust valve 20 .forre1ieving. the" same ofover-pressure incase that the engine back fires. Extending from themi'xergiS is a pipe 21 which is' rovided with branch. pipes 22connecting the same to the resp eetive cylinders of the engines,whereby-file as generated from thegenerator and stored unto the tank 2will be conveyed through the mixer where air will be mixed with the sameand delivered to the respective cylinder'sbf the engine, saidtankholding a suflicient I quantity of gas to run the engine until thegenerator has been heated iii-order to generate a new supply ofgas Fromthe foregoing description, it will be seen that I have provided a gasgenerator for gas engines of all kinds which is so constructed that gaswill be generated by the p heat from the exhaust; It will also be-seenthat I have provided a-storage tank in con nection with the generator inwhich gas can be stored in order to start the engine.-

What I claim is:

; 1. A gas generator for ex losive engines,

comprising a cylinder provi edwith a plura-lity of. fl ues through whichthe exhaust combustion gases are adapted to pass, an oilinc supply pipeconnected to said cylinder, a gas outlet pipe connected to 'saidcylinder,

tanks connected to the respective supply and outlet pipes, and a pipeconnecting said tanks.

2. A gas generator for explosive engines, comprising a compartmentprovided with a plurality of flues through which the exaust combustiongases are adapted to pass, a fuel supply pipe connected to said co1n-.

partment, a gas outlet pipe connected to said compartment, tanksconnected to the respective supply and .outlet pipes, a pipe connectingsaid tanks, and means operated by the pressure'in saidvtanks to regulatement, tanks connected to the respective supply and outlet pipes, a pi econnecting said tanks, a. valve in said fuel supply pipe, and a,plunlger connected to said adapte to be operated by the pressure insaid tanks.

4.11.11 a gas generator for explosive engines, the combination with agas generating compartment, supply and outlet pipes connected to saidcompartment, supply and storage tanks connectedto said pipes, and a vpipe connecting said tanks; of a regulator for said generator,comprising a cylinder,

valve and said cylinder being in communication with said supply tank, apiston in said cylinder,

and a valve interposed in said supply pipe and connected to said piston.In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses. 1

LEVI H. BERRY. Witnesses Timononn C. BURWELL, Conn-nuns E, PIPER.

